Aurora Links by Kimberly Damkoehler

Aurora Links

By Kimberly Mietzah Damkoehler on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 6:04pm

*** Forecast pages are marked with stars

Facebook communities:

Aurora Lovers' Community Page: http://facebook.com/auroralites

Aurora Lovers' Group: http://facebook.com/groups/auroralovers/

Kenai Peninsula Aurora Chasers: http://facebook.com/groups/KPaurorachasers/

Anchorage Auroras Group: http://facebook.com/groups/226920110852594/

Aurora Chasers: http://facebook.com/groups/AuroraChasers/

Aurora Borealis: http://facebook.com/groups/293393784114686

Aurora Research Scotland: http://facebook.com/groups/341492972554625

Great Lakes Aurora Hunters: http://facebook.com/groups/greatlakesaurorahunters/

----North American Live Aurora Links-----

Live Aurora Webcams:

***Aurora Webcam on Murphy Dome @Sirius Sled Dog Kennels

Courtesy of Ronn Murray Photo: http://AlaskaAuroraCam.com/

University of Saskatchewan All-Sky Aurora Imager: http://aurora.usask.ca/

Yellowknife Canada: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/auroramax/default.asp

(Click on the "connect" link - toward the bottom of the page to view the live camera)

Live!Aurora: http://aulive.net/en/index.html

(free) account sign up required

GI All Sky Camera Poker Flats: http://allsky.gi.alaska.edu/

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*** UAF's Geophysical Institute Aurora Forecast Page: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast

UAF's Geophysical Institute Aurora Alerts Forum: http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraAlert

***Solar Ham: http://www.solarham.com/ 

The Aurora Page - Michigan Tech: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/

KP Index Explained: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/info/Kindex.html 

3 day GOES Magnetometer Monitor: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/mag_3d.html

iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20110924_152600_anim.tim-den.gif

Aurora Map: http://www.auroramap.eu/

Aurorasaurus: a map where you can report aurora sightings

http://aurorasaurus.org/

National Oceanic and Atmoshperic Administration

Space Weather Prediction Center

Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites POES Auroral Activity website:

Viewing tips: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Aurora/index.html

3 day GOES Magnetometer Monitor: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/mag_3d.html

Northern Hemisphere: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html

***NOAA Ovation Aurora: http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/

Space Weather Prediction Center: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/

Today's Space Weather: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/today.html

Space Weather Canada: http://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/index-eng.php

***Astronomy North Aurora forecasts: (Yellowknife): http://astronomynorth.com/aurora-forecast/

***Aurora Forecast Canada's North: http://auroraforecast.com/

Aurora Watch (Edmonton Alberta): http://www.aurorawatch.ca

Viewing Tips: http://www.aurorawatch.ca/content/view/34/50

Email alerts program: http://www.aurorawatch.ca/content/view/81/99999?

Skynews.ca: http://www.skynews.ca/pages/aurora.html

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Text alert Services

 (Aurora Alerts Sent to Your Cell Phone.)

Aurora Lovers Twitter Feed: http://twitter.com/akauroralovers

***SoftServeNews:

http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

***Spaceweather.com: http://spaceweather.com/

New subscribers may sign up for free space weather alert calls or texts from Spaceweather.com at http://spaceweather.com/services

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----European Aurora Links----

Kjell Henriksen Observatory: (Norway) http://kho.unis.no/

Swedish Lapland live camera: http://www.porjus.eu/porjus1.html 

Main site: http://www.porjus.eu/

This page has graphs from Norway including kp graphs: http://flux.phys.uit.no/cgi-bin/config.cgi?site=tro2a&stack=tro2a&Kindice=tro2a&ActIx=tro2a&getabove=+Get+above+config+

Real-time magnetometer data: http://www.ava.fmi.fi/image/realtime/UT/ 

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Webcams to check weather conditions:

DOT Highway weather cams: http://www.dot.state.ak.us/iways/roadweather/forms/AreaSelectForm.html

Aviation Weather Cams: http://akweathercams.faa.gov/sitelist.php

They now have a great interactive map: http://akweathercams.faa.gov/wxcamsitemap.php

Use the tools below the map to zoom in and out, or the scroll wheel on your mouse. Left click to grab and drag the map.

Keep in mind, that none of these cameras are set up for long exposure, so once dusk hits they're all black and full of noise speckles. 

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Aurora Facts and information:

Aurora Lovers Group Files:https://www.facebook.com/groups/auroralovers/files/

Aurora guide by Natalia Robba

http://www.natalia-robba.com/myblog/travel/the-aurora-borealis-the-northern-lights-everything-you-need-to-know

Aurora article series by Thomas Kast:

Part 1: Introduction and Terms

http://salamapaja.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/fox-%C2%ADfires-an-aurora-borealis-guide-introduction/

Part 2: Expectations

http://salamapaja.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/fox-%C2%ADfires-an-aurora-borealis-guide-ii-expectations/

Part 3: Preparation is everything

http://salamapaja.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/fox-%C2%ADfires-an-aurora-borealis-guide-iii-preparation-is-everything/

Part 4: Photographing auroras

http://salamapaja.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/fox-%C2%ADfires-an-aurora-borealis-guide-iv-photographing-auroras/

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Vacation Travel information:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g28923-i349-Alaska.html

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g60826-i1068-Fairbanks_Alaska.html

Jan 13 2015

Good afternoon, now the sun it peaking around the big Mountain behind our house....=)

Went for a hike/walk up the Switchback today....it's a up hill battle of the bulge here, and I'm starting back at this week.  Wish me luck!!

So I'm working on starching some Crocheted poppies I have made, the spray starch worked great, I picked up some best suited for darker fabric. Thanks to my friend for this tip.... Just waiting for them to dry then will add the pin on the back.

I also picked up some grommets yesterday at Walmart, by the camping section, they are used for tarps....but I will be adding them to a towel for our Mommaboni....yesterday my last towel stuck to the ice and when I pulled it up, the towel ripped...also it was difficult to add it to the ice rake...Boy that's a lot of names for this contraption..=)

Well heading to get warm, have a great day

~ Jan 12 2015 ~

Good Morning almost Noon here at the Lake, had a busy Monday so far, getting kids up and off to school, catching up on watching American Idol, been on the treadmill, showered and been out and Mommaboni ed the rink.

So what's a Mommaboni you ask.....well this weekend we finally made a ice resurface, it's only taken us three years to get moving on this.  I have been wanted one for some time, hoping to improve the lake rink.  After countless hours of taking the hoses from the house.....still have to do this, but it's alot easier now, trying to get the ice just right......Not that it is yet.....I have used it twice so far, once with cold water and today with Hot water....not sure which is better....I'm thinking Hot.....Still need to get another garden hose, I have been on the look out for them at garage sale/thrift shops at no avail....=( 

here's acouple of pictures of the Mommaboni.( I have named it)..lol because I will most oven be the one using it.....

I already have to revamp the towel...today it didn't make it ...and wasn't working properly...but will fix that up.  Debating to make the towel with grommets or get a thing on rubber....have read a few things or at least looked at pictures to get ideas.

Towel need fixing....looking into new ideas

missed a section....=(

Another beauty of a day....=)

Jan 8 2015 ~ Happy 2015 Everyone!!

Well Happy New Year to all our readers!! 

Can't believe how long it's been since I posted here on my Family Blog, I guess you can say we are truly enjoying our time here in Alaska.

We spent Christmas in Hawaii this year, it was amazing and hard to come back to the colder Alaskan weather. Oh wait that didn't happen....Warmer than usual here Link this past week has been cold, and the weatherman says it's going to get warm again this week....with rain/freezing rain in the forecast....yuck!!

DS went for a Dr appointment for his collarbone, it's almost healed...4 more weeks until his next appointment.  He can start practices again at hockey ..... but can't start playing until our next appointment. He's happy to be back on the ice today.

Every thing else around here is the usual, nothing exciting to report..... Have a great day, RM